Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Toys/Archive 1

Archive 1

Portal?

We should work on creating a toys portal to go along with this WikiProject. That will allow us to better organize things and get a better handle on what needs to be done. This will also add some more structure to the project - we can show off articles, add a standard portal template to related articles and really draw a lot of attention to this project. Oldiesmann (talk) 17:23, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

 Done Portal:Toys‎ Ultra! 06:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion: Peteena

A user has proposed deletion of the article Peteena. If WikiProject:Toys has criteria for notability, they may apply to this article. Fg2 (talk) 00:31, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Comment on proposed notability guidelines

Interested editors are invited to read, comment, modify, etc the proposed notability guidelines at Wikipedia:Notability (toys and games). --Craw-daddy | T | 21:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Article contents guidelines

I've been working at improving various doll articles, and the more I edit, the more I need some kind of guide. There's a frustrating number of articles tagged with "fansite" but no constructive ideas whatsoever. I'm considering starting something on my own, based on Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines, Wikipedia:WikiProject Games#Article structure and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles), but I'm a pretty inexperienced editor.Siawase (talk) 20:42, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

VF-1 Valkyrie

The VF-1 Valkyrie article was prodded. I deprodded it because it was a popular and notable toy, with a descendant Transformers toy as well. 70.51.11.210 (talk) 07:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Assessment?

Hey there. Just wondering, but has this project ever thought about adding an assessment scheme? Without it, articles from this project won't be featured in Wikipedia releases, such as the upcoming 0.7 and eventual 1.0. BOZ (talk) 22:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Play-Doh

I recently worked the Play-Doh article up to what I thought was GA status but it failed to pass. Anyone care to give it a look-see with suggestions, copy-edit, etc. in order to renominate the article? Thanks! Let me know! ItsLassieTime (talk) 02:39, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Infobox "Toy" Template

Tiny Tears
Image needed
Manufacturer	American Character Doll Company
Era	1950 - Early 1960s
Country	United States
Materials	Rubber • Vinyl
Characteristics	Sheds tears "Rock-a-Bye" eyes Jointed limbs

How about an infbox for Toys? I've used this once or twice and adapted it from one at G.I. Joe. Things I don't like but don't know how to fix: the center margin (prefer to see categories at the left margin; color of title box)...Things I like (flexibility - fields can be added with little ado by any editor, nothing is fixed in stone. For instance, if one wanted to add an "Accessories available with original" category, it could easily be done by editing the box at the article.) I don't know how to create an Infobox. Anyone? ItsLassieTime (talk) 02:52, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Nice to see some activity on here! :D That's a good idea, and looks pretty good. Unfortunately I don't know anything about templates either. Some other good fields might be creator (which in some cases is an artist or person notable in their own right), units sold, and ages (that it's intended for). Possibly release year in addition to (or instead of) era, since era doesnt always apply. Some toys barely last a year after release, and some hang on for decades. And not to start a WP:BIKESHED thing, but maybe since it is for toys, make it a little more colorful, the bg from the WP Toys template is pretty nice. Siawase (talk) 12:00, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

There is an Template:Infobox toy already. 70.29.213.241 (talk) 05:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, "Template:Infobox toy" does exist. However the template currently is nothing but a duplicate of Template:Infobox VG, therefore it would need a complete rewrite to become useful for any purpose wanted here (ideally, using {{Infobox}} as the parent template for this so that the code is easier to understand/read). I might be able to do it myself...

...but if you want it done it will save me the time and trouble if you can list each and every field you want in the infobox. That will make it much easier for me to build it up to expectations. Regards. [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 08:56, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Deletions

The pages Override (Transformers), Motormaster, Terranotron and Airraptor are all up for Deletion. Feel free to try to add material to them or vote to save them. Mathewignash (talk) 00:15, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

suggesting an article for improvement

The article on Stevanne Auerbach, more commonly known as Dr. Toy, is awful. She's plenty notable in the toy industry, but this goes beyond notability into the realm of advertisement. I can't work on this article because Stevanne is a friend of mine, so I'm suggesting someone here take a look at it with an eye toward paring it way down.--Mike Selinker (talk) 17:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group

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Started a Convertors page

I started a page for the 1984-1985 toy line the Convertors and within 5 minutes it was challanged for notability. I have some references, but anyone who wants to add to it, feel free before the deletion police get to it. Mathewignash (talk) 12:21, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Toy Story is a new GA

Hi. The article Toy Story has just passed GA. Does this project have its own assessment that needs to be done, or do you just go along with the main Wikipedia rating? Should the Wikiproject Toys rating on Toy Story be changed to GA as well? ~SunDragon34 (talk) 04:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Hiya, this project is not very active, please do change the WP Toys rating to GA. Nice work on the article! Siawase (talk) 08:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:Infobox toy

Template:Infobox toy has been nomianted for deletion. 70.29.213.241 (talk) 05:18, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

GAR for Rubik's Cube

The article Rubik's Cube is tagged as being a part of this WikiProject, so I am letting the members know that I have started a Good Article Reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process. You can find a list of my concerns on the article's talk page. Thanks and good luck! Nikki♥311 00:40, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

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Dauros deletion talk

There is currently talk as to whether to delete the page for the toy character Dauros from the series Masterforce. Feel free to chime in to save page, or add material to it so it's more complete. Thanks! Mathewignash (talk) 23:19, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

He-man and She-Ra mergers

I dunno if this is the right forum since it has been a toy but I believe Princess Adora and She-Ra should be merged the same with He-Man and Prince Adam its like Bruce Wayne and Batman having separate articles even though they are the same person.

Dwanyewest (talk) 17:03, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Is Mattycollector.com considered a good source of information?

I really feel alot of the characters in Masters of the Universe need a major overhaul such as Stratos ,He-Ro and many others should allowing myself to use Mattycollector.com be permissable as a credible source of information. [1] [2]

Dwanyewest (talk) 22:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

To my mind, it falls into the category of links to be avoided, specifically "links to web pages that primarily exist to sell products or services". --GentlemanGhost (talk) 14:16, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

What GentlemanGhost said, linking to a store is always problematic. It might loosely fall under WP:SELFPUB since it's an official site, but it is a shop so whatever information can be gleaned from there likely would run afoul of various WP:NOT issues anyway (avertising, catalog, directory). You might want to ask at WP:RS/N for further advice. Siawase (talk) 16:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox toy

Template:Infobox toy has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for deletion page. Thank you. RL0919 (talk) 17:06, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Masters of the Universe sort out in need of deletion

List of Masters of the Universe vehicles needs to be deleted as it doesn't fit wikipedia's standards for notability WP:GNG and also Talon Fighter needs to go too

Dwanyewest (talk) 01:10, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion for info on how to handle it. The Talon Fighter article in particular looks like maybe it could be merged rather than deleted. Also see the "Before..." section for various alternatives. Siawase (talk) 13:23, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I disagree they should be kept by where would I need to take it to get a final decision there are too many poorly written Masters of the Universe articles with little citations or real justification of notability. Dwanyewest (talk) 03:39, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for fan speculation or essays. There were no reliable sources, and as such constituted original research (specifically WP:SYNTH). If sources can be provided to demonstrate that this is notable in any real-world sense then sources should be added.

Dwanyewest (talk) 02:51, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Is Oafe.com considered a good source of information?

[3][4] if it doesn't meet wikipedia's criteria for reliable sources this website is populated over Masters of the Universe related articles. Dwanyewest (talk) 01:23, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

From looking at the information on the site itself, it looks like it'd fall under WP:SELFPUB, like a blog or a fansite, since I don't see any publisher info other than the site itself, and the reviewers appear to be posting pseudonomously with no claim of expertise. However, it may depend on what the site is being used to verify, and it would help if reliable sources have quoted the site or given favorable comments on it. Again, you may want to ask at WP:RS/N as well. Siawase (talk) 13:37, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Talk open to add Starscream/Transformers reference to the F-15 Eagle article

There is currently talks on the page for the F-15 Eagle jet as to whether the use of F-15s for the Seekers (Starscream, etc) in Transformers is worthy of mentining. We need unbiased input on the issue here Talk:F-15_Eagle#Request_to_add_Transformers_reference Thanks! Mathewignash (talk) 03:19, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Power Rangers

Hello, I think Power Rangers should be a candidate to join WikiProject Toys; thought I'd consult the project page first and suggest before formally joining. Any thoughts/opinions? Rebel shadow (talk) 22:29, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Assessment of article

Hey everyone, I expanded the article Nuremberg Toy Fair based on de.wiki. It would be great if the quality scale could be changed from Stub to Start. --VArakawa (talk) 10:51, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I added American International Toy Fair to the project. Yet I'm unsure about quality and importance of this article. Can somebody help?--VArakawa (talk) 12:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Sincere Question

{{helpme}} We would like see our construction toy recognized by Wikipedia - editors can find the toy at http://www.Qubits.com please advise how we can be added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Toys page and others that relate to construction toys. Thank you Burginger (talk) 05:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

This template is for user talk pages, but someone will reply here anyhow.  fetchcomms☛ 05:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Hugga Bunch needs a merger

The Hugga Bunch and Hugga Bunch need to be merged there is little difference between them. Dwanyewest (talk) 03:23, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Cat for Labor Union Representing Toy Factory Workers

Hello, I'm working on creating articles for the minor trade unions in the AFL-CIO. The International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers historically represented workers in toy factories in the United States (Novelty=Toy). I added it to the general Category:Toys cat because Category:Toy companies didn't fit. You may want to add a subcat called Category:Toy organizations or Category:Toy economics but I'll leave that to editors more familiar with toy articles than me.RevelationDirect (talk) 03:46, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Product catalog on Figma

I've attempted twice to remove the product catalog on Figma as a violation of WP:NOTCATALOG. At the same time, I tagged it for notability do to a lack of reliable third-party sources and remove several external lines to various blogs, image galleries, and YouTube as they do not conform to WP:EL. However another editor, Wbd (talk · contribs), is calling the removal of the product tables, notability tag, and external link "vandalism". —Farix (t | c) 22:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

ADF gone wrong

I am massively trying to clean up Masters of the Universe I tried to nominate the following articles for deletion something has gone wrong. Slime Pit, Attak Trak,Battle Ram,Battle Ram,Talon Fighter,Wind Raider can anyone help?Dwanyewest (talk) 23:35, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Infobox revisited

I've re-created a basic infobox for toy pages: {{Infobox Toy}} and am slowly adding it to relevant pages. Please feel free to add fields to it, or to make requests for changes on the Template talk page. Frankie Roberto (talk) 13:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the infobox. it looks great. I'll be using it on the Momiji Dolls article. -      Hydroxonium (talk) 14:30, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

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Hoop rolling

Could use the participation from a non history project. I thought this would be a goofd fit.--Amadscientist (talk) 15:16, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Masters of the Universe merge

Problem: Recently, many Masters of the Universe articles have been proposed for deletion. It has been proposed that the articles that are up for deletion be merged with List of Masters of the Universe characters. However, the list currently only has a sentence or two for each character, and merging in a full article, even with a lot of information cut out, will disrupt the flow of the list.

Solution: I propose that the current list be moved, to either List of Masters of the Universe toys (this will be problematic because some of the characters on the list do not have toys), List of minor Masters of the Universe characters, or some other title, and we create a new list at List of Masters of the Universe characters that has more detailed information on the major characters.

Alternatively, we could leave the current list as is and create a new List of major Masters of the Universe characters. What do you guys think? --Cerebellum (talk) 15:17, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

I have inatiated a discussion if anyones interested in the respective talk page see here [5] Dwanyewest (talk) 19:50, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

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Momiji Dolls is listed at AfD

The article Momiji Dolls is being considered for deletion. I'll be trying to improve this article over the next few days in case anybody wants to join in. If anybody has additional information about these dolls, please let me know. Thanks. -      Hydroxonium (talk) 14:24, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Any toy images needed from The Children's Museum of Indianapolis?

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Who can help on Pillow Pets

I am expanding on Pillow Pets, and it hasn't been rated on this project's quality or importance scales. Can anyone join me in improving the article to at least Start-Class? Bulldog73 (talk) 07:49, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Again, the Pillow Pets article is not rated on this project's quality or importance scales. Can anyone assess this article? Thanks, Bulldog73 (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Chase figure at AfD

Chase figure has been nominated for deletion. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chase figure.  --Lambiam 22:00, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Super Imaginative Chogokin

Any comments on how to improve the article Super Imaginative Chogokin, would be appreciated on the talk page of that article. The size of the article is over 16,000 bytes, yet it is still classified as a Stub, because one editor feels that the lead paragraph needs to be expanded. Fortdj33 (talk) 20:35, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

WELCOME

Welcome to the WikiProject Toys please join and help.--Baitt (talk) 06:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I was wondering if it would be alright to start WikiProject Dolls, because it doesn't seem like you have any pages on dolls. I also think that dolls don't belong under the "toys" category, because people collect them (for LARGE sums of money),and they are used for cultural reasons, also. Just wanted to tell you!--Princess Janay (talk) 18:02, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Just joined this project... Going to take it upon myself to add as many articles to this project as possible Oldiesmann (talk) 02:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello, I’m generally interested in toys, especially Portuguese old toys; As Portuguese is my natural language, I think I could be able to give some help on some articles. Best regards to all calabriga — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calabriga (talk • contribs) 11:21, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Mamod

In the course of browsing, I came across the article on Mamod, the manufacturer of scale model steam engines. Probably a little too enthusiastically, I began copyediting for a more encylopedic tone, removing what I thought was minutinae on design changes and trimming the number of pictures. The chief contributer to the page feels that I am removing important information for the collector and historian of the subject. I have given some explanation for my actions, but while I feel my judgement on content in the areas of Military history and aviation in generally accurate, I may be less equipped for editing in this area. Is there any guidelines for content of articles under this project, I can check? GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:42, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

As far as I know there are no specific guidelines for this project, but when I started out editing toy articles I looked at other popular culture projects, in particular guides on how to write about works of fiction like WP:MOSFICT. Things like, give context, background, details on the creation, as well as reception, impact and legacy, and not just descriptions of the works (toys) themselves. Since this is an article about a company, I would also look to Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies. To address this article specifically, there is no general WP:NOT exception for toy articles, which, like the rest of Wikipedia, should be encyclopedic and aimed at a general audience, not specialist enthusiasts. It's pretty common that a parallel wiki is created at wikia to house the most detailed material on toys, where enthusiasts aren't bound by Wikipedia's restrictions. This might be something that could be helpful here. Siawase (talk) 19:53, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Merge Chinese yo-yo and Diabolo?

These two seem to be just basic variants of each other, a distinction which appears to be recognised mainly by hobbyists on technical grounds. I'm not seeing such a big gap between their origins and how they're used, and both articles suffer from under-sourcing. Does anyone have any objections to just merging the two articles? MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:37, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Request for comment on merge about Barbies

Please comment about a merging Stacie (Barbie) into Tutti and Todd (Barbie) at Talk:Tutti and Todd (Barbie). Thanks, Ego White Tray (talk) 01:51, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

xtractor dinosaurs

how wants to help me edit xtractor dinosaurs. I use to love play with xtractor dinosaurs,to bad mattel got rid of them.:( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tigerdolphin70 (talk • contribs) 14:42, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

File:N Scale model of BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T.jpg

File:N Scale model of BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 21:43, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

File:ZissBenz1911front.jpg

File:ZissBenz1911front.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

File:JMKTaxiCarriage1.jpg

File:JMKTaxiCarriage1.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:15, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

File:RAMIGauthierWerhle.jpg

File:RAMIGauthierWerhle.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:23, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been featured

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USAirwaysA330.jpg

image:USAirwaysA330.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 05:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Powerball.jpg

File:Powerball.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 02:03, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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Hasbro, Claster, Sunbow, 80s

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File:Buzzybeeride.JPG

File:Buzzybeeride.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 05:31, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Mask of Speed.PNG

image:Mask of Speed.PNG has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 07:11, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Puzzle globe

I've noticed the Puzzle globe article is not supported by any wikiprojects. I found your banner attached to the Jigsaw puzzle article and so wondered if puzzle globe would be a good fit too? Thryduulf (talk) 10:28, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

RfC: Modelzone

I have been working on the Modelzone page for a while, and believe that the subject is now settled enough and the article sufficient for further review. I prefer not to up-rate articles that I have worked on myself, so am looking for and would appreciate independent comment on the article in order to get it to B-class and potentially further. To clarify on conflict of interests: I am not a current or former employee of the company, but my signficant other and several of our friends are. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 21:44, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Scale models - not just toys

Hi wikipedians, I've just joined this Project due to my interest in scale models in general, and plastic military aircraft/ships/vehicles in particular (this is my hobby). I'm unsure if this is the right WP to manage scale model related articles, as most of them are not just/strictly toys (though can be used as toys for sure!), e.g.: collectibles, architectural models, promotional. So potentially scale models could be in the interest/scope of other wikiprojects... how to handle this? Interested in your ideas/feedback; to guide my collaboration. Thanks & regards, DPdH (talk) 02:01, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Toy research

I'm after info on toys relating to The Joker and am failing, are there any good sites considered reliable sources that might document or at least provide some history on this character's merchandise? DWB (talk) / Comment on Dishonored's FA nom! 16:42, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Victorian Mourning Dolls (or Grave Dolls). FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:50, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

List of toys

We're having a discussion at Talk:List of toys on how to revamp/restructure the list. Any ideas or input would be most welcome. Siawase (talk) 13:23, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks. — Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:46, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

"Buckyball"

The usage of Buckyball is under discussion, see talk:buckyball -- 65.94.40.137 (talk) 09:37, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Discussion about article "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls"

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:My Little Pony: Equestria Girls#Annual lineups, which is about an article that is within the scope of this WikiProject. JSH-alive/^{talk/cont/mail} 14:54, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Toy information

One of your members might be able to help with this question --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 08:13, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

quulle

quuluhu waa midhaha jeerinku dhalo.jeerinku waa geed gaab ama geed qodxeed ,cufan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdi nuur (talk • contribs) 20:37, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Popular pages report

We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, Community Tech bot will post at Wikipedia:WikiProject Toys/Archive 1/Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of WikiProject Toys.

We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:

• The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
• The report will include a link to the pageviews tool for each article, to dig deeper into any surprises or anomalies.
• The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

We're grateful to Mr.Z-man for his original Mr.Z-bot, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of WikiProject Toys, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Wheelie (Transformers) at Articles for Deletion

The article Wheelie (Transformers) has been nominated at Articles for Deletion. See this article's entry at Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion/Wheelie (Transformers) (2nd nomination). Noah Kastin (talk) (🖋) 04:27, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Oh, Wheelie?-🐦Do☭torWho42 (⭐) 04:31, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mechanical bank

The article Mechanical bank has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

completely unreferenced

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. BSOleader (talk) 21:06, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Request for a new assessment of the Microman page.

The subject says it all! The last time someone looked at the humble Microman page seems to have been back in 2011 according to this edit. I’ve spent some time restructuring and fleshing out content on the page and would like some other eyes—that understand the idiosyncrasies of maintaining toy related articles on Wikipedia—to look over the work and provide an assessment and some constructive criticism on the article. --SpyMagician (talk) 16:35, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Need help with Microman and Micronauts

Since September last year, I've been attempting to cleanup and copy edit both pages and remove links to several unreliable sources (several fansites and the Transformers Wiki) but I've been reverted by SpyMagician every time and, unfortunately, engaged in an edit war ever since. I posted a message on SpyMagician's talk page explaining why the sources weren't reliable and explained the situation on the Microman talk page but didn't get a reply. 2A00:23C5:2E16:5701:68ED:47C1:DCC1:BA3A (talk) 17:22, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Rubik's cube task force

I know this is pretty much a dead project, But would anyone else be interested in creating a Rubik's Cube task force? Ssgem 02:02, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Invitation

Hello, WikiProject Toys/Archive 1! We would be delighted if would like to participate in WikiProject Parenting. This is an effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to parenting and children on the English Wikipedia. We hope you will be interested in becoming part of the project! Please add your name to our project page and look at the talk page to find out what we're up to. Thank you!

Mvolz (talk) 16:46, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   07:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Model Railroading

I propose making a new wikiproject for specifically model railroading, but would like to see if it is already covered with Wikiproject Toys. Plutonical (talk) 19:59, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Attention needed for Mini 4WD

...being how crufty and poorly-referenced it is as it stands. I'm afraid if this hasn't been addressed soon it might end up being stubified a la Hackintosh or something. Blake Gripling (talk) 01:45, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Wooden toy train mergers?

Should minor manufacturers of wooden toy trains on the BRIO system be kept, merged or deleted? See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Choo Choo Track & Toy Co (2nd nomination) Andy Dingley (talk) 14:22, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:25, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

S.W Randall Toyes & Gifts up for deletion

• Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• S.W Randall Toyes & Gifts (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google) AfD discussion

Oldest specialty toy store in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. WP:GNG questioned. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:02, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Discussion about wikipedia "Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)"

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump (proposals)#Deprecate parenthetical citations, which is about a wikipedia that is within the scope of this WikiProject. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:21, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Barbie Fashionistas

FYI

 – Pointer to relevant discussion elsewhere.

Please see Talk:Barbie#Fashionistas line. Short version: major series of dolls, with 9 body types, lots of other diversity options, and a whole lot of RS coverage, since at least 2016. This looks like a good WP:DYK article for someone who focuses in this topic area. Given the amount of press coverage, it's actually kind of weird that the article is missing, and the topic doesn't even have a mention much less a section at Barbie (though it is mentioned at many Barbie-related articles, so there are plenty of places to link from when the article exists).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  08:52, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

A-class status for Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Could someone assess Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes for A-class status? elijahpepe@wikipedia 18:28, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Paddle ball, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 April 2022 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team

Proposing a move of "Hornby Railways" to "Hornby Hobbies"

I am proposing to move the Hornby Railways article to "Hornby Hobbies". Past move requests have not generated much attention, so I'm notifying this wikiproject in case anyone here has opinions on the proposal. --Eldomtom2 (talk) 17:49, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 21:36, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Marble (toy) with Marbles (game)

An article which may be of interest to members of this project—Marbles (game)—has been proposed for merging with Marble (toy). If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 22:20, 30 January 2024 (UTC) IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 19:31, 26 February 2024 (UTC)